Government’s promise of Braille books yet to see the light of the day

Many schools in Bengaluru unaware about the scheme  Bharathi Kokade, 15, a blind student studying at Sri Rakum school, Indiranagar, still learns from old Braille textbooks provided by her school. At the Divine Light School for the Blind, one Braille book is shared among five students. The promised Braille books and digital book banks never […]

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Lack of qualified faculty worries schools for the specially-abled

Candidates prefer to take up govt, other jobs instead of private ones, which is causing Teachers who apply for jobs in schools for the specially abled are not qualified enough to teach. Laxmi Narayan, a math teacher at the Karnataka Welfare Association for the Blind, Bengaluru, informed The Observer that they have 11 teachers, but […]

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